.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...Sunday will be the least active weather day in the extended as highpressure traverses the Ohio Valley. Under sunshine, highs willmoderate into the 40s to lower 50s.

Models continue to advertise an active weather pattern for nextweek. Thus, the threat for additional flooding will continue. Theupper level flow pattern becomes amplified as a strong subtropicalridge builds off the southeast U.S. coast while large scale midlevel troughing develops across western Canada/western U.S. Thissetup will transport rounds of moisture northeast across the GreatLakes and Ohio Valley. The first round of precipitation is expectedSunday night into Monday as a low level/moist jet in associationwith a warm front pushes northeast across the area. In the warmsector, highs will warm into the 60s most locations on Monday. ForMonday night into Wednesday night, a very slow moving frontalboundary will be the focus for more rounds of precipitation. It willbe unseasonably warm on Tuesday with some cooler air slowly movingback in by Wednesday. Tuesday temperatures will vary with higherchances of rain for the northwest with the least in the southeast.This will allow highs to range from the mid 60s northwest to the mid70s southeast. Showers and a slow frontal passage will cooltemperatures back down on Wednesday.

By weeks end, there could be a respite in the probability forprecipitation by Thursday as the front tries to move east/southeastof the region. However, activity will likely ramp up again by Fridayand into next weekend as s/wv energy begins to affect the GreatLakes and Ohio Valley once again.

You pick a city for each day (12z - 12z), in which you will have a 25 mile radius around that city to gain reports. Picks need to be submitted by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, regardless of whether or not Daylight Savings Time is in effect. If severe weather is occuring between the time when SPC Day One Reports start (12z) and 11:00 a.m., you can NOT pick a city within a few miles of those severe storms.

You are not required to submit a guess for every day, although obviously your chances of winning will increase with each day you submit a guess for. To that end, if you are going to be away from the forum for an extended period of time (vacation, etc.), you may submit guesses in advance for all of the days you will be away from the forum for.

Scoring is as follows:

1 point for every normal hail/wind report within 25 miles of your city.2 points for every significant hail/wind report (2"+ hail & 75+ mph wind) within 25 miles of your city.5 points for every tornado report within 25 miles of your city.

Tornado - 5Significant Hail/Wind - 2Normal Hail/Wind - 1

The plan is for there to once again be two rounds, with the first lasting from January 1 - June 30, and the second lasting from July 1 - December 31.